immense是什麽意思

immense

英 [ɪ'mens] 美 [ɪ'mɛns]

immense 巨大的

im-,不，非，-mens,測量，詞源同meter,measurable.即沒法測量的，巨大的。

immense: immense: see measure
immense (adj.): early 15c., from Middle French immense (mid-14c.), from Latin immensus "immeasurable, boundless," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mensus "measured," past participle of metiri (see measure).
For instance, a long while every thing was immense great and immense little, immense handsome and immense ugly. Miss Tippet from the cloisters, could not drink tea with Master Parchment at the White Conduit-house, unless it was an immense fine day, yet probably it might rain so immense, there was no going without a coach. ["Town and Country Magazine" (in "Annual Register" for 1772)]

1. I'd seen it before in people who held immense power.: 我以前曾在掌握大權的人身上看到過這種情況。

2. We are not in this to reap immense financial rewards.: 我們從事這一行不是為了獲得巨大的經濟回報。

3. He said he retained immense regard and esteem for the prime minister.: 他說他一直極其尊重和敬仰首相。

4. The immense difficulties facing European businessmen in Russia were only too evident.: 在俄羅斯的歐洲商人所麵臨的巨大困難是顯而易見的。

5. I think our main feeling would be of an immense gratitude.: 我覺得充斥我們心中的將是一種強烈的感激之情。